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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Doesn't this just beg the question Thurgreed was suggesting? Although it is clear to everyone (except maybe Slave) that Arod intentionally knocked the ball away and interfered with the play, was the intent here to break up a double play? Was a double play really a possibility? Arod interfered so he could get to base, not to break up a double play, which realistically could not have happened. I still think the penalty should be that no runners advance. Otherwise, Arod, although called out, still has incentive to knock the ball out because he scores Jeter in the process. But I am not sure the quoted rule applies here.
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Well, thats what I found after a quick scan. It also states at the end of the 7.09: PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE: The runner is out and the ball is dead.
Perhaps that is a catch-all for any and all interference.
aV
